Insomniacs and apple toast

First the insomniacs: our house is running on three time zones: Pacific, GMT and Bhutanese.  

The past few days I’ve been back on Pacific, especially after I went to work on Saturday.  Dad is on his retirement schedule of early bedtime, 4am walkabout and getting up around 8.  Mom on the other hand: she’s still in bed around 10 or 11 because she was up reading/eating at 3am, a consequence of going to bed at 7pm and napping at 2pm.  She honestly scared me one morning at 3—all excited that I was up to witness her fluttering around the kitchen.  I was just waiting for a psychotic laugh to follow.  For a while I was doing the wake up at 2 and 5am thing and lying around thinking until 7.  So for a few days Dad had to keep a low profile, having to contend with both Mom and me being sleep deprived grouches.   

 

Apple toast:

This morning I fried up some thinly sliced apples in butter, dusted with sugar and cinnamon and ate over toast with fresh coffee.  Yum. 

Twenty-Something Travel and TEFL:

I love the blog Twenty-Something Travel—and the manifesto to travel while you’re young.  After soaking up a lot of advice, I bought the extra 38,000 miles to get me to Brussels this fall.  I’ve been back in the States for less than a week and I’ve already got my next escape lined up.  

Next spring I want to do Asia, after hearing so much about it recently.  No joke: Mom went one better than bringing home an elephant: she brought back a wooden penis, hand carved no less.  Apparently they’re everywhere in Bhutan to ward off evil spirits—as road posts, on temples, fountains… Where on earth is she going to put it?  Well it was on the kitchen counter while Dad and I were reading the paper/eating breakfast, trying to ignore it. 

Anyhow, since I haven’t done Asia yet I figured I might as well go on a TEFL program.  That way I can see a few countries and actually live there and see real people and help out/get certified.  It sounds better than taking methodology classes in Canada during November, although that option is still on the table.  

I've been listening to French language cds trying to brush up--mainly trying to beat the program in verb conjugation...